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What it Takes

Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Richard Ben Cramer spent six-years chronicling George H. W. Bush’s run for the White House, culminating in “What it Takes” excerpted first in our pages. This zealous joyride into the heart of American politics that reveals at least a few answers to a burning question: How does a candidate manage to make friends with 250 million people?

Trump

Before he became Commander-in-Chief, Donald Trump was plenty famous for being The Donald.

The Whole World is Watching (and Reading)

It was 50 years ago that Esky editor Harold Hayes sent a motley literary crew—Jean Genet, William Burroughs, Terry Southern and John Sack—to cover the DNC in Chicago. They became part of the crazed, violent proceedings and lived to tell.

The Man Who Made Trump

If you want to know where Donald Trump learned his attack-first attitude, look no further than his infamous mentor.

Esky Essential

Norman Mailer went to the 1960 DNC convention and wrote the mother of all political reportage.